saturday auction on Jane St in Leith is selling 2 leather couches from furniture warehouse closing every sat for next few weeks until they run out. usually going for £40 - £60 a pop.
For kitchen chairs etc try Thurs auction on Jane st too, you can get decent wooden ones (non all matching) for about £1 each...
Eskbank Auction (at Hardengreen Industrial estate) on a thurs night about 5pm can be good for bits of furniture too.

D xx

Our big brother's got no heart,
when I get my chance I'm going to punch him in the nose, in the nose, in the nose

The auction was disappointing. There was just one blue fabric covered sofa. It was quite big and sturdy, though going a bit saggy. So we blew that popsicle stand and cruised some charity shops. Here are some photos of sofas we saw and their prices.

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That grey one is leather and £30. It is also hardcore 80s style and either completely hideous or ironically cool - take your pick. Most of the other leather couches were £80 and up. We found two sweet leather arm chairs but they were £75 each. I'm going to hit the auction again on Thursday, but this is probably going to be a slow process. I've got a lead on some other leather couches from a place on Easter Road. Who knows what they look like. Most of the leather ones we've found are modern and blah. It would be nice to find something with a bit of character.

Apparently there is a leather set at Laura's, which we are welcome to, but she doesn't know when they'll get the new set to replace them. Could be awhile.

Ryan: will you throw out the white and blue sofa on Monday/early in the week? And whatever you deem to be the second to worst couch. I think that will be a good start.

OFFER: SOFA EH6 (LEITH WALK)
Posted by: "nelf77" nelf77@yahoo.co.uk nelf77
Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:04 pm (PST)
This is a nice little sofa sits two people and is really comfy. Fabric
with wooden feet. Could be carried by two people if not too far. please
see the link for photo. Thanks

I went to the Jane Street auction again yesterday. It is amazing!! There is so much cool stuff there. Great great great. And it goes so cheap. But it takes awhile, and you need a vehicle to take it away, so even if the perfect couch was there I couldn't have grabbed it. We need an auction crew. Bill?

It's a massive treasure hunt. Yesterday there was a brand new food processor/blender combo which probably sold for £10 of less. I had to leave before they got to it. Beautiful, old, wooden armoirs went for £5-10. They couldn't get rid of red arm chairs for £5 (cloth, not leather).

"Hi, this has not been taken, if you still want it you're welcome to have it. I should point out that it has one broken spring, but it's been used with this for the last couple of years. I can send you a photo if you'd like to see it before you arrange to come for it.
cheers, Sandra"

" OFFER: Leather Recliner (Wester Hailes)
Posted by: "bty380183" robincarrie@btinternet.com bty380183
Sun Mar 2, 2008 8:46 am (PST)
We have a well used Leather Reclining armchair. Head position is worn,
but still in good nick. It still reclines and is very comfy.

Must collect as have no transport.

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We do need nicer leather sofas to replace to saggy cloth ones. But I was talking to Pomme about the lack of food sales, and she thought that there are too many low tables and sofas, and not enough dining tables and chairs. Sofas are good for drinking tea, hiding bottles and sleeping. We have enough chairs (or do we want newer/matching chairs?), but where have the high tables gone? Dining tables encourage dining. For every good sofa we get, chuck out two manky ones perhaps.

we always liked to have plenty of sofas around as the lazing around
taking it easy vibe was the one we wanted to have. but i think pomme
is right. it is now backfiring on us and contributing to the problems.

The Junction Bar has one or two booths. These have high tables and high seating. They are quite cool, as are the Monster Mash ones. But I wouldn't want covered booths. It is hard enough to keep an eye on customers without encouraging corkage free zones.

Has anything been sorted for the chair to be moved today? We bought a brilliant red leather recliner at the auction yesterday for £7. Bill is a no go, unless someone wants to sit on a corner with it from 5-7pm when he can pick it up. What about Kate or Goz? If not, maybe it would fit into a taxi, but maybe not?